In this short story by Brian Parker, a few words uttered by a lunch companion bring back a flood of memories from another lifetime.In The Fourth Man, Brian Parker explores one of the most powerful mental health issues we can all face - repressed trauma. Four men go to lunch, but for one of them, a benign conversation resurrects an inner turmoil for which he has never forgiven himself. It raises the question of how do we move on? How do we let go of the past, and our guilt, yet still remember someone with the warmth and respect we had for them while they were still alive?

**When the EMP strikes, how will you survive?

** It happens in one devastating moment: an EMP strikes. The nation is plunged into darkness. Mass confusion soon becomes mass panic as planes fall out of the sky and cars fly off the roads. Families are stranded. Hospitals are in meltdown. It doesn't take long for the government to collapse and for the looters to take control of the cities.

 When the lights go out, Mike is one of the first to realise what is happening. He has spent years studying the impact of EMPs, and how to prepare in case of disaster. His goal? To reunite with his daughter, before making his way out of the city and into the countryside. Holly is with her friends when the EMP strikes. Cut off from social media and trapped in a busy suburban street, she knows she has to use all the skills her dad has taught her to get out of the city and get into the wilderness. But how much of her dad's teachings can she put into practice in a harsh and terrifying new world?

 Do Mike and Holly have what it takes to survive? Or will this dangerous new world defeat them at the first hurdle? Into the Dark is the first book in the post-apocalyptic thriller series from Ryan Casey, author of The World After and Blackout. If you enjoy stories of ordinary people thrown into devastating new circumstances, you'll love Into the Dark. **

"An action packed, thrill a minute story, Sunlight is a fast paced tale of struggle and adversity, yet, in the end, it is an ode to love and family... A stunning literary experience." - T.A. Dean In the Brightest of Light, Darkness Resides. Jack Simm is a man with no responsibilities. He has a cushy job, drinks a lot, and hasn't seen his two children in several years. To Jack, a life of freedom is perfect. But when an unexplained and devastating event turns the majority of the population into genocidal maniacs, Jack is forced to protect his two estranged children and escort them to a rumoured safe haven at the other side of the country. Reunited with his children, Jack must finally step up to the responsibilities of being a father while adapting to a painfully horrifying dystopian world of violence and bloodshed.  Sunlight is a gripping post apocalyptic suspense thriller from the author of the hit Dead Days series about the lengths parents go to protect their children. Both thrilling and subtle, horrifying and heartwarming, Sunlight is a riveting journey through a dark and dangerous world quite like no other.

Never piss off a woman. A captain without a ship isn’t a captain at all. Rescued from the island she and her crew were marooned on, Jerry wants nothing more than to exact her revenge on the Wench’s Dream. Shipless, penniless, and stuck, Jerry scrambles to form a plan. With the virus taking a severe toll, her resources are thin. She has a crew to feed and responsibilities to live into. But she’s consumed by her obsession with her ship—the only home she’s ever known. Calling in all the favors she has, Jerry sets on a quest to rescue her ship from a band of pirates.